Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@Zuljaras is Titan Quest on Switch any good? It’s £10 on the estore, thinking of giving it a go. Is the gameplay relatively ok? Is it really buggy or poor frame rate on Switch?

@PixelDragon Playing BotW on the Switch's launch day remains one of my favorite gaming memories. It really felt like a quantum leap over the Vita.

Doing that classic chronic procrastinator thing of not wanting BOTW to end therefore just leaving it on my Switch despite basically only needing to do Hyrule Castle. Can’t really be arsed doing the Champions Ballad after I saw that each area had busywork before you fight the boss again. Just need to beat Ganon but physically cannot muster the energy to actually do it.

@nessisonett When people do this, they typically just end up dropping it and never seeing the end of the game.

@nessisonett I did exactly that and as @Ralizah says, never actually went back to finish the game. I don’t mind though, the ending is probably better in my head lol. Hopefully I can see the credits of TOTK but I don’t really mind either way.

@Zuljaras ah you didn’t reply, so I went ahead and got it (Titan Quest). £7.50 with some Nintendo points.

Played for a couple of hours tonight, actually seems pretty good - I’m surprised. The music is nice, that alone keeps interested. We’ll see what kind of legs it has, but a nice, cheap Diablo alternative on Switch is my initial impression.

@kyleforrester87 I did not get notification for a reply, sorry.

Titan Quest is fantastic! Also the same people who made it went and created Grim Dawn which is even better.

@Zuljaras Thanks, no worries! Yes, I saw they made Grim Dawn too (a game I can't play on Switch and PS5, I believe). Have you completed the Switch version? I read performance gets a bit choppy in some of the later game areas. I'm not too worried for £7.50 though.

@kyleforrester87 nope. I am still trying to find a build for me so it is either a summoner of some kind or a paladin.

I have only finished the base game.

@Zuljaras Ah cool. I havn't thought about it too much, I am just a level 4 warrior. I think I read I can choose a secondary class at level 8 or something. I don't tend to dabble in the dark arts of magic in these games but we'll see.

@kyleforrester87 the build possibilities are endless with this kind of talent system. Also the amalgamation of different mythologies is super cool.

Alright Direct. Some good announcements like a new 2D Mario that is a bit more original, but mostly remakes and remasters. Shame there was no Metroid Prime 2 Remastered amongst those! A new Peach game is a good idea but we didn’t see much at all.

Pretty weak Direct. Was hoping for more VC announcements like Mario Party 3. Only saw a brief glimpse of the next Mario Kart DLC. Super Mario RPG remake is freaking cool as heck though! Definitely buying that. 2D Mario Odyssey looks great as well. Other than that, it was mostly uninteresting third-party stuff, more farming games and remasters.

Really hope the new 2D Mario has online multiplayer.

It was a good Direct. The new DQM game looks neat. I'm excited for a new Princess Peach game. Mario RPG Remake looks FANTASTIC. Lots of solid ports and whatnot as well.

I don't know how I feel about the new 2D Mario yet. The footage didn't really set my soul on fire, but I've enjoyed nearly every one I've played (except Super Mario World).

Not generally inclined to want to play Star Ocean games, but the new remake looks surprisingly good. Might pick that up.

As usual, almost everything had a substantial amount of gameplay footage, as opposed to "in-engine" cinematics. That said, it was definitely less exciting overall than the Microsoft presentation.

In terms of Not-E3 this year, I'd say: Microsoft > Nintendo > Sony

@Ralizah That’s probably the order I’d put them in too. But then Nintendo have always been more ‘realistic’ with their announcements minus Metroid Prime 4 and Bayo 3 so we’ll see how many of Microsoft’s games will stick the landing or y’know actually release.

@nessisonett It is one thing I deeply appreciate about Nintendo's shows. They almost always show a lot of gameplay, and, you're right, the games shown off are only rarely far-flung future releases. Usually they launch within a year or less of the presentation. Microsoft's stuff is mostly a crapshoot.

But man, those Xbox/GP announcements. Even if they were mostly spoiled beforehand, they revealed three big Atlus titles in one show! And Starfield looks remarkable.

I think that's what this show was missing for me, personally. It was full of a lot of good announcements. But no ZOMG TAKE MY WALLET ones, y'know?

It was satisfying enough, but this only serves further to convince me that new hardware is coming next year.

Yeah, pretty good Direct, but you can definitely tell we're probably in the winding down stage of the Switch lifespan.

Like, it's still full of releases so they're thankfully not leaving it out to dry, but it's almost all remasters/remakes (HD Pikmin releases, Mario RPG, Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon) or smaller scale titles (SMBW, Detective Pikachu Returns, WarioWare Move It!). Jury's still out on the Peach game, but I doubt we'll see a new Odyssey, BotW/TotK, Xenoblade scale game on the system again with the exception of Prime 4 (which may end up cross platform).

That's not necessarily a knock though, as I'm super excited for both Wonder & Mario RPG (will probably get the Dark Moon remaster & Peach game as well).

Japanese devs still seem to be pouring out decent support as well with stuff like Metal Gear Collection, Star Ocean remaster, & P5T. Nothing groundbreaking, but objectively good support for Nintendo only or portable preferred gamers.

Finally getting the long rumored Batman games as well. Probably won't have much of an issue with the first two, but it'll be interesting to see how Knight runs. Nothing else of note from western devs though. Granted, a ton of AAA western releases was never Switch's strong suit, but other than the Batman games (& Just Dance I suppose), all western support seems to be indie tier.

@Kidfried I'm fully expecting open-world 3D Mario as a Switch 2 release near launch. Could definitely see Prime 4 as a cross-gen w/ enhancements game that does better on the new hardware as well.

Mario Kart 9... I dunno. IMO it has the same problem a probable future Smash game has, which is how it manages to one-up the gigantic and wildly successful predecessor. I do agree the timing of the MK8D DLC lines up with a 2024 reveal, though. We'll see.

@RR529 I'm honestly more surprised that the Arkham Trilogy is Switch exclusive.

That is.....a very very odd move.

Apparently that GoodFeel project that kinda looked like a spiritual successor to Mystical Ninja Goemon got a proper reveal in the Japanese Direct.

Wonder if it's exclusive & why it wasn't in our Direct?